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Golden Compass, The - Philip Pullman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED."--The Washington Post Book WorldIt was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan Colle... -
Evicted - Matthew_Desmond
<b>From Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America</b><br> <i> </i><br> In thi... -
Woodrow Wilson_ a biography - John Milton Cooper
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.A Democrat who reclai... -
Women in Love - D. H. Lawrence
Women in Love, by D. H. Lawrence, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including... -
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under t - Jules Verne
SUMMARY: The classic tale of Captain Nemo and the submarine the Nautilus, this is the quintessential translation by the internationally renowned Verne scholar, William Butcher. Thi... -
This Star Shall Abide - Sylvia Engdahl
Noren knew that his world was not as it should be—it was wrong that only the Scholars and Technicians could use metal and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the kn... -
The Twelve Caesars - Suetonius
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most col... -
The Riddle of Gender - Deborah Rudacille
Review“Sympathetic and well-researched. . . . Lively enough to be a good introduction for the educated lay reader and documented enough for the scholar.” –_Publishers Weekly_ “Amaz... -
The Quest for Meaning - Tariq Ramadan
In "The Quest for Meaning", Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, invites the reader to join him on a journey to the deep ocean of religious, secular, and indigenous spir... -
The Kommandant's Girl - Pam Jenoff
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau has been married only three weeks when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland. Within days Emma's husband, Jacob, a fiery and indepe...